Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shape a measure that the President might accept. To get even that far, the Senate earlier had struggled through its first all-night session since 1978; some lawmakers caught naps on cots placed in a nearby conference room. Reagan, for his part, had threatened to cast the first veto of his presidency. He said, with considerable hyperbole, that doing so would "literally . . . shut the Government off," and he frightened enough legislators into believing he meant it that he seemed sure to win some of the spending cuts he desired-though it looked as if Congress might debate through Sunday...
...poor and disadvantaged. The outcome looked like a standoff. By the weekend Reagan's phenomenal streak of congressional victories had been broken, and he was prepared to settle for spending cuts well below those he had demanded two months ago. On the other hand, by brandishing his veto power, the President still was about to force larger reductions in social spending than many legislators wanted...
Reagan wanted. So the President on Tuesday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker offering "to meet the Congress halfway" but clearly threatening a veto if the legislators refused to go at least that far. House Republican Leader Robert Michel of Illinois had already introduced a proposal that would have reduced social spending about $4 billion and defense outlays $2 billion...
...same time, the House vote was far short of the two-thirds necessary to override a veto, and Congressmen took the threat of a veto as no bluff. Said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici of New Mexico: "Reagan wants the Congress and the country to know he is serious about budget cutting." Within the White House, there were some qualms that a veto might make Reagan look like a wild man willing to produce governmental chaos if he did not get his way. Said one aide: "People might ask, 'What kind...
...from former Attorney General Elliot Richardson to former General Motors Chairman Thomas Murphy. Another boost came from a New York Times-CBS News poll showing that 83% of Americans opposed reductions in legal services spending. The President is surely unhappy with the outcome, but he is not expected to veto it, because the appropriation will be only a small part of a larger funding bill...